Bingo Overhaul
inspection
OK, this is a lousy picture. That wire hanging
outside the bundle and dangling down from the top right
is soldered to another wire
that has been removed from one of the solder lugs on this
unit...and the solder connection has no tape around
it to insulated it.
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| An untaped rewiring job |
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| Busted fuse holders |
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Just because the fuse looks like it's
clamped into the holder, you should check to see if the metal
is actually cracked and the fuse is not making a good connection.
In this case, two of the clamp ends are broken. Don't be afraid to
apply some pressure to test the clamps....if the metal bends easily
and snaps off, it wasn't doing much good anyway. You'll also
want to check the fuses to make sure they are correct. This one
has a slo-blo, which I don't think is right, but at least it's
the right amperage.
That's all?
This game is uncommonly clean. The todo list is:- disassembly/cleaning of the mixers
- disassembly/cleaning of the control unit
- replace power cord
- check modifications and remove if they are cheats
- general cleaning/lube of wipers
- playfield surface cleaning and rubber parts replacement
- coin door checkout. This game has two twenty-five cent coin mechs. Normally a game of this era has one nickel and maybe one 25cent mech. The game should accept both coins.
Only after all that is done will I plug it in and see what happens!
A gambling device?
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| Meters inside coin door |
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Hmmm...four meters. The standard meter setup is two or three. This one has:
- number of plays - standard
- number of replays/credits won - standard
- key meter - standard on games with the kumbackey feature
- coin out! - this meter records how many credits were reset to zero
when the game was powered on. When a person got paid off for their winnings,
the game would be turned off then on, which would knock off the credits
on the replay register. Of course, it's possible that rather than paying off, they
simply put the credits back on at a later date using the kumbackey, but
considering how dirty the kumbackey switches are, I'd guess they were never used.
The wiring for this meter is not on the schematics for almost all the games!
In the next installment we'll start cleaning/checking the back door, and figure out
what those extra wires are doing.
